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Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.